To: Richard Kimball
Yeah - we're pretty much agreeing - they are over charging, and using this as an excuse to charge yet more.
The quasi-monopoly that ISP's have in this country, as opposed to other industrialized nations, allows for more such abuse, higher charges and lower service.
36 posted on
01/17/2008 9:28:00 PM PST by
ThePythonicCow
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To: ThePythonicCow
The quasi-monopoly that ISP's have in this country, as opposed to other industrialized nations, allows for more such abuse, higher charges and lower service.
Exactly. I've been to several other countries where they had a much better setup than we have, for a lot cheaper overall (even when you factor in taxes that pay for the government's part).
The fact is, the cable companies and telecoms have a huge lobbying group with a lot of cash, and so they keep their stranglehold going.
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